THIS MORNING THE JACKSONVILLE LER IS' OFFICE IS RELEASING MORE INFORMATION ON THE POLICE-INVOLVED SHOOTING THAT HAPPENED LAST NIGHT. WE ARE GOING TO JOIN A LIVE PRESS CONFERENCE AT THE POLICE MEMORIAL BUILDING. LET'S LISTEN IN. THIS INDIVIDUAL, MICHAEL JONES KEYS TOLD THE DISPATCHER HE WANTED WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF, KILL SOMEONE ELSE AND THAT HE HAD HANDGUNS AND RIFLES IN HIS HOUSE. HE ALSO SAID SEND THE S.W.A.T. TEAM, I WANT TO GET KILLED. POLICE RESPONDED TO HIS LOCATION, IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO ESTABLISH A PERIMETER AND BEGAN TO VOICE ANNOUNCE OVER THE PA SYSTEM OF ONE OF THE POLICE CARS IN AN ATTEMPT TO GET KEYS TO EXIT THE RESIDENCE. KEYS DID IN FACT EXIT THE RESIDENCE, SAW THE POLICE, WENT BACK INSIDE, CHOSE TO ARM HIMSELF WITH A HANDGUN AND THEN CAME BACK OUTSIDE WHERE ONE OF THE POLICE OFFICERS SAW THE HANDGUN IN HIS RIGHT HAND. THE POLICE OFFICER WHO SAW THE GUN THEN ANNOUNCED OVER THE RADIO, HE'S GOT A GUN. AT THAT TIME ALL OF THE OR A FEW OF THE OFFICERS AT THE SCENE STARTED TO LOUDLY ISSUE VOICE COMMANDS FOR HIM TO DROP THE GUN. KEYS REFUSED TO COMPLY AND INSTEAD TURNED IN THE DIRECTION OF THE CLOSEST OFFICERS AND RAISED THE GUN IN THEIR DIRECTION. TWO OF THE OFFICERS, SERGEANT TONY BAT RES FIRED THEIR AR-15 RIFLES STRIKING AND KILLING KEYS AT THE SCENE. A SUBSEQUENT SEARCH OF THE RESIDENCE REVEALED AN SKS ASSAULT RIFLE ON THE COUCH INSIDE. AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS WE'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER THEM NOW. WAS THERE ANY MEDICAL ISSUE OR DEATH OF A SPOUSE ISSUE THAT MIGHT HAVE PROCEEDED THIS? THERE WASN'T THERE WAS, I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHEN IT HAPPENED. I HAD BEEN TOLD HIS WIFE PASSED AWAY BUT I DON'T HAVE AN EXACT TIMELINE ON THAT. DID IT LIKE HE HAD A RIFLE -- [ INAUDIBLE ] DID HE ACTUALLY FIRE AT THE OFFICERS AT SOME POINT? I THINK THE INDICATION OF THAT WOULD BE WHEN HE CHOSE TO GO INSIDE, CAME OUT ARMED WITH A HANDGUN AND THEN RAISED IT TOWARDS THE POLICE, I ABSOLUTELY THINK THAT IT WAS HIS CHOICE TO ESCALATE THE CONFLICT. [ INAUDIBLE ] THEY'RE BOTH PER POLICY THEY'RE ON ADMIN LEAVE AND THAT IS STANDARD POLICY. WHO IS INVESTIGATING THE SHOOTING? LIKE WE DO IN EVERY CASE, THE COLD CASE TEAM, HOMICIDE COLD CASE. HOW MANY TIMES DID THEY FIRE? SEVEN TOTAL. 5 AND 2, IT WAS SERGEANT BATRES FIRED FIVE ROUNDS AND OFFICER SAMUEL FIRED TWO. [ INAUDIBLE ]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -

Police said a man who called 911 to say, "Send the SWAT team, I want to get killed," was shot seven times by officers Tuesday afternoon. According to the Jacksonville Sheriff's Office, 59-year-old Michael Keys died at the scene.

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At a Wednesday morning news conference, JSO Chief Adam Brown said dispatchers received a call at 5:05 p.m. from a man at MacGregor Drive who told dispatchers he wanted to kill himself and others, and that he had handguns and rifles in his residence.

Police responded to the area, set up a perimeter and attempted to make contact with the suspect, Brown said. Officers saw the man go inside and come back out of the house armed with a handgun. One of the officers saw the handgun and said over the radio, “He's got a gun,” Brown explained.

When the man refused commands to drop the weapon (pictured in JSO photo, below) and instead turned toward the officers and began to raise the gun, two officers fired a total of seven shots from two AR-15 rifles.

"He chose to go inside, come out armed with the handgun and then raised it toward the police. I absolutely think that it was his choice to escalate the conflict," Brown said.

Sgt. Tony Batrous and Officer Kenon Samuel each fired at the suspect, killing him. No officers were injured in the incident.

Batrous, a 12-year veteran, fired five shots, and Samuel, a four-year veteran, fired two shots, Brown said. This is the first officer-involved shooting for Samuel and the second for Batrous.

During a search after the shooting, officers found a SKS assault rifle on a couch inside the residence, but Brown said no one else was in the home.

JSO is still investigating the incident.

Neighbor Mike Summersill, who lives just a few doors down from where the shooting took place, said the suspect, whose name has not been released, lost his wife to cancer a while ago and battled an alcohol addiction. Summersill said it wasn't uncommon to hear gunshots coming from the home.

"Just every now and again, he'd shoot a pistol down there," Summersill said. "You know, especially on the holidays... stuff like that."

This is the seventh police shooting of 2014. Four, including this one, were fatal. Seven shootings matches the total number of police shootings in 2013.

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